Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) is set to highlight Dubai, UAE’s key position as a gateway to the Middle East in a seminar in Shanghai, China this week.

The seminar titled ‘Jebel Ali Free Zone, Gateway to the Middle East and Africa’ will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, Pudong on September 11, said a statement.

Senior officials from Economic Zones World and Jafza, led by Ibrahim Mohamed Al Janahi, deputy CEO of Jafza, and the chief commercial officer of Economic Zones World, and including Adil Al Zarooni, senior vice president of Jafza Sales, as well as Khalid Ahmed Al Marzooqi, senior manager, Asia-Pacific region, and Jeffrey Xiaolei Yu, sales executive, Asia Pacific region, will emphasise the benefits of Jafza's world class location and highly-developed infrastructure, especially for Chinese companies looking to establish their global base of operations, it said.


It will focus on Dubai's unprecedented sea-land-air link, which allows the free movement of goods between Jebel Ali Free Zone, Jebel Ali Port, one of the busiest ports in the world, and Al Maktoum International Airport, which is designed to handle 12 million tonnes of freight, within a single customs bond.


A panel discussion on Dubai as a key investment destination will also be held during the day, and will include Hongbin Cong, managing director, Invest Dubai and Brenda He, director at Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing.


China, UAE's second largest trade partner with trade around $19 billion, has been one of the key trade partners since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries in 1984. China is also the largest trading partner of Jafza, with more than 170 Chinese companies in oil and gas, electronics, electrical, automotive and heavy machinery sectors are currently based in the Free Zone.


Jafza's trade with China stands at around $12.5 billion and nearly 60 per cent of China's total trade passes through the UAE for re-export. - TradeArabia News Service